Samsung Will Announce The New Galaxy Note Smartphone Later This Month

Samsung
will announce the next version of the Galaxy Note smartphone
later this month, according to Reuters.

"We plan to unveil the next Galaxy Note at the Samsung Mobile
unpacked event in Berlin on August 29," a Samsung spokesperson
told Reuters.

The Galaxy Note has played a big role in helping Samsung increase
its share of the smartphone market, with more than seven million
of these phones sold as of June.

By announcing it at the end of August, Samsung appears to be
trying to get in ahead of Apple's big iPhone
announcement. Apple is
all but confirmed to be unveiling the iPhone 5 just two weeks later
on September 12.

This comes at a time when the two companies are locked in a
heated battle - both in the courtroom and the marketplace - for
control of the smartphone market.